[van-announce] 2 Events Fri Feb 3: Gendered Colonialisms: Religion, Violence, and the Canadian State @ SFU & Gathering Strength @ Rhizome

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Gendered Colonialisms: Religion, Violence, and the Canadian State
Panel and Discussion
Friday February 3, 2012
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Time: 9.30am-12:00pm
Location: The Diamond Alumni Center (8888 University Drive), Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby
Sponsor: Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, SFU (
http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/Events.html)
Free

In this interfaith roundtable discussion, our speakers, who work locally
and internationally as Muslim and Christian faith-based activists,
academics, and leaders, will draw links between local and global forms of
racial, religious, and gendered violence and the practices and policies of
the Canadian state. The talks will identify some of the theoretical and
practical ways in which the state manages religious difference and
enshrines practices of “racial management” and power. The talks will
provide critical perspectives on the interdependent relationships of
colonialism, racism, religious and gendered violence against women. This
event will be followed by a moderated discussion between speakers and
attendees. We invite academics, community organizers, religious and
spiritual leaders to join us in making visible the links between gendered
violence, war, and empire in our world today.

Featuring Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee
Members:

Dr. Dana Mohammed Olwan (Canada)
Dr. Denise Nadeau (Canada)
Dr. Jasmin Zine (Canada)
Dr. Nadia Fadil (Belgium)

Moderator Dr. Kathryn Poethig

For panelist bios please check: http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/
wfpaf_steering_committee.php


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Gathering Strength
A Night of Performance Celebrating the Role of Faith in Resistance
Friday February 3, 2012
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Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Rhizome Cafe, 317 East Broadway, Vancouver, Coast Salish
Territories
Accessibility: This venue is wheelchair accessible and this event is child
inclusive!
Free

Featuring original performances, talks, and films by:

*Amal Rana
Jeddah born, Pakistani, queer Muslim, lover of puppets, irreverent
revolutions and activism outside the limelight.

*Cultural Medicine Cabinet Community Choir

*Fathima Cadre
Writer, photographer, and law student involved in community organising
around race and gender equity.

*Kashif Pasta
A 20 year old Muslim filmmaker and student in Communications at Simon
Fraser University.

*Kenan Hafi
Syrian-born Canadian writer, who moved to Ottawa, Canada when he was 10
months old, entirely of his own accord.

*Siobhan Barker
A published fiction and non-fiction author who is also an accomplished
bilingual singer and storyteller of Folklore, World Issues and Culture.

*Streams of Justice
A faith-based group committed to the relentless struggle for social
justice, the unwavering affirmation of human dignity, and the joyful stance
of compassionate solidarity through popular education and collective action.

*Urooba Jamal
A student of International Relations and Urban Studies at UBC, Urooba's
interests include Islam, anti-racist feminism, post-colonialism, and
vintage fashion.

*Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee Members.
For bios check this link: http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/
wfpaf_steering_committee.php


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About Women for Peace Against Fundamentalisms:
This initiative is a partnership project between Peace for Life (
http://www.peaceforlife.org/) and the Interfaith Institute for Justice
Peace and Social Movements, Simon Fraser University (
http://www.interfaithjustpeace.org/). Over the next five years this
initiative will bring together women leaders, academics, and activists from
primarily Muslim and Christian communities around the world to explore the
role of interfaith alliances in resisting empire, war and fundamentalisms.
The above mentioned and below detailed events feature members of the Women
for Peace Against Fundamentalisms Steering Committee gathering in Vancouver
this February for their inaugural meeting.